Governor Umaru Mohammed Bago of Niger State dismissed the report-making spherical on the purported ban of alcohol in Suleja and eight different native authorities areas of the state on Wednesday.
Governor Bago, in an announcement personally signed by himself and made out there to newsmen who disowned the creator of the pretend information, Ibrahim Mohammed, directed safety businesses to arrest and prosecute the impostor with instant impact.
“The eye of the Niger State Authorities has been drawn to a report making the rounds of some blogs claiming that the Niger State Authorities, via the State’s Liquor and Licencing Board, has prohibited the sale of alcohol in 9 native authorities areas of the state, together with Suleja.
“We want to state categorically that His Excellency, Farmer Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago, who has been busy initiating and overseeing many people-centred tasks throughout the state, by no means issued such a directive.
“The Liquor and Licensing Board is but to be constituted by the Governor; as such, no directive of this sort can come from a Board but to be shaped.
“In gentle of the above, His Excellency, the Farmer Governor, has directed safety brokers to arrest the self-appointed Secretary of this Board by the identify Mohammed Ibrahim and to know the motives of the imposter and the explanations behind the pronouncement.
“We invite the nice public and our buddies within the media to disregard any such pronouncements and to, henceforth, search clarification from identified authorities officers who’re authorised to talk for the state and authorities,” he urged.
Recall that one Ibrahim Mohammed, who claimed to be the secretary of the State’s Liquor and licencing board, was quoted as saying: ‘The legislation establishing the board has the mandate to regulate the actions of all liquor distributors within the State.’
The report additional acknowledged that ‘9 native authorities areas had been on the primary schedule of the prohibited areas, with Suleja amongst them, and as such, the board will guarantee strict compliance with the legislation. We’re calling on all distributors to abide by the related present legal guidelines establishing the board.’
The assertion added that beer joints which have beforehand completed enterprise inside Minna, the state capital, could be served with ‘relocation letters to maneuver outdoors the town to inside an eight-kilometre radius of the submit workplace within the state.’
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